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Can I Work While My Asylum Application Is Pending?

How Do a 2-Year and 10-Year Green Card Differ in VA?

What Are the Requirements for O-1 Visas?

USCIS Reaches FY 2026 H-1B Cap: Selection Results Available, Filing Deadline June 30

Can I Stay in the U.S. if My Visa Expires in VA?

How Do a B-1 and B-2 Visa Differ?

How Do I File an I-130 Petition for a Family Member in VA?

New DHS Online Registration Process Established for Certain Foreign Nationals

How Do I Apply For A Humanitarian Parole Visa?

How Do I Sponsor An Employee For A U.S. Work Visa?

What Are The Differences Between An L-1 Visa And An H-1B Visa?

What Is a Conditional Green Card For a Spouse?

How Can a Foreign Entrepreneur Apply for a U.S. Investor Visa?

A Comprehensive Guide for Nonimmigrant Workers: Maintaining Legal Status in the U.S.

What Happens If I Am Deported and Want to Re-Enter the US?

Can an Employer Bring a Worker From a Foreign Office to the US?

What Are the Consequences of Overstaying a Visa?

What Are the Requirements For an H-1B Visa?

What Are the Common Reasons For Visa Denial?

Upcoming Changes to H-4 and L-2 Visa Processing in 2025

What Are the Requirements For a Fiancé Visa?

How Can I Get An O-1 Visa?

Big Changes to the J-1 Visa: Revised Exchange Visitor Skills List Removes Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement for 35+ Countries

How Can I Get an E-1 Visa?

USCIS Announces FY 2025 H-1B Cap Reached: What Employers and Employees Need to Know

Upcoming USCIS Regulation Signals H-1B Changes Could Be on the Horizon

USCIS to Conduct Second H-1B Random Selection Lottery

ICE Provides Guidance on End of Form I-9 COVID-19 Flexibilities

USCIS Completes H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Selection Process

March Visa Bulletin Provides Projections on Upcoming Visa Availability

State Dept. Plans Pilot Program for Stateside Visa Renewals for H and L Workers

USCIS to Issue Redesigned Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents

DOJ Increases Employer Penalties for Immigration-Related Violations

USCIS Announces FY2024 H-1B Cap Registration Period Will Be March 1-17

Time-Sensitive Alert: FY2024 H-1B Cap Registration Period Opens March 1, 2023

USCIS Again Extends COVID-19 Flexibilities for RFEs, NOIDs, NOIRs, Appeals and Motions

Green Card Validity Extended for Conditional Residents With Pending I-751 or I-829

USCIS to Resume Concurrent Adjudication of H-4, L-2, and EAD with H-1B/L-1 Petitions

USCIS Provides Q&A on International Student Issues

February 2023 Visa Bulletin Features EB-3 ‘Other Workers’ Retrogression, and Availability for ‘Certain Religious Workers’

USCIS Reaches FY2023 H-1B Cap

USCIS Announces Online Filing for DACA Renewal Forms

USCIS Announces Expansion of Premium Processing Options

USCIS Completes – FY2023 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Selections

Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Immigration Provisions

USCIS Confirms “Exceptionally High” EB-2 Availability in FY 2022; “Strongly Encourages” EB-2 Interfiling

Biden Administration Increases Opportunities for STEM Students and Professionals

H-1B Cap Season has Arrived

State Department Issues Final Rule on Immigrant Visas Fee Exemptions

February 2022 Visa Bulletin Shows EB-2 Advancement for India and China

USCIS Updates Guidance on O-1 Nonimmigrants in Arts vs. Motion Pictures and Television

USCIS Extends Flexibilities for Responding to RFEs, NOIDs

Department of State Proposes Raising Consular Service Fees for Nonimmigrant and Special Visas

DOL Issues FAQ on H-2A Wage Requirements for Agricultural Clearance Orders

U.S. Lifts COVID Restrictions on Travelers From Southern African Countries

USCIS to Expedite Work Permits for Healthcare Workers

State Dept. Expands Waivers of Visa Interviews for H-1B, L-1, O-1 and Other Applicants

DHS Withdraws H-1B “Wage Level Prioritization” Final Rule

DOL Reminds Employers That H-2B Filing Window Opens January 1

State Dept. Updates Guidance on F-1 Student Intent to Depart and Residence Abroad Requirements

DHS Extends I-9 Flexibility to April 30, 2022

DOL Implements Court Order Vacating Prevailing Wage Final Rule

USCIS Temporarily Waives 60-Day Rule for Civil Surgeon Signatures

USCIS Extends Transitional Parole for CNMI Long-Term Resident Applicants

DOL Issues Guidance on H-2B Visa Program Overtime Pay Obligations

CDC Amends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Intl. Travel to the U.S.

U.S. News-Best Lawyers Ranks Goel & Anderson Among Nation’s “Best Law Firms” for Immigration

A Roadmap for PERM Recruitment in the Wake of the Facebook Settlement

DOJ, DOL Reach Settlements With Facebook Resolving Claims of Discrimination Against U.S. Workers

USCIS Selects More FY 2022 H-1B Cap Cases in Second Lottery

DOL Final Rule Will Increase Prevailing Wages

DHS: H-1B Cap Lottery to be Wage-Based

USCIS Advises of Lockbox Processing Delays